Discussion: Gaby Sanchez

After a battle for the first base job during Spring Training with top prospect Logan Morrison, Gaby Sanchez came out on top. Sanchez had just two major league starts to his credit coming into this season, but he has done well in the full-time position thus far. In 12 games, Sanchez has hit .308/.426/.538.

Meanwhile, as an item on the ESPN MLB Rumors page points out, Morrison is also performing well for the club's Triple-A affiliate. The 22-year-old lefty has an OPS of 1.066 and a pair of home runs in ten games. While sample size is obviously an issue here, one wonders if more of the same from Morrison could make Sanchez expendable. Prior to this season, ESPN.com's Keith Law ranked Morrison as the #21 prospect in baseball.

Dont think it would be a matchup with Sanchez, but they could talk to the Dodgers about pen help. With Kuo and Belisario coming back in the next week, we will have a lot of high talent, proven, MLB relievers…

Gaby has proven he can play.. chances are when Morisson gets promoted he goes to the outfield and Gaby stays where he is at. As much as I hate to say it I see Uggs getting traded before the deadline for a closer and mid-level prospect

Comparing Sanchez’s defense to Dunn’s is insulting to Sanchez lol. He’s a 3B learning to play 1B, he’s improved over the first week of the season already. He’s not going to be a Derrick Lee but he will get the job done.

Comparing Sanchez’s defense to Dunn’s is insulting to Sanchez lol. He’s a 3B learning to play 1B, he’s improved over the first week of the season already. He’s not going to be a Derrick Lee but he will get the job done.